The Young Progressive Democrats of Ventura County are getting together to talk politics, socialize, and drink coffee. If you live anywhere near Ventura and want to get involved this could be your chance. They will be hosting regular meetings the first and third Mondays of every month.
Coffeecrats, send me a photo so I can replace the random cat photo . Heather Schmidt, can I steal one from your myspace page?
To find out the details for the event click on continue reading.
Coffeecrats Kick-Off: Come Join Us for our
1st Coffee Group Meetings In Ventura
FIRST YOUNG PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS COFFEECRATS MEETINGS June 4th and 18th
Stop By After Work and Meet Fellow Dems
Over Coffee! Everyone is Welcome!
· First and Third Mondays of the Month
· Starting Mon. June 4th and Mon. June 18th
At Latte 101 Ventura, Corner of Telephone
And Victoria in Vons Shopping Center
Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Social Spot for Young Dems in their '20s and '30s,
Talk Politics or Whatever Moves You, Find Out About
Local Prez Campaign Stuff, Upcoming Events and How
To Get Involved! Get Caffeinated! Enjoy Free Coffee
and Chocolates by Pete's Wicked Ale! Cool Stuff Drawing! Please RSVP to Jennifer Zide at jenzee3@hotmail.com or just drop by!
"Saving the World, One Cup of Coffee At a Time"
Young Progressive Democrats of Ventura County
c/o Heather Schmidt
PO BOX 7491
Ventura, California 93006
UPDATE: I have a leaked internal memo of their 1st meeting agenda!
June 2007 Newsletter
Young Progressive Democrats
Of Ventura County
COFFEECRAT TO GO
An Extra Shot of News, Views, and Events
Welcome from Your Host
Welcome to our first Coffeecrats Gatherings! Coffeecrats is a social spot for Young Dems in their ‘20s and ‘30s to share a frothy concoction of talk,
fun, and politics to enliven and flavor our Mondays! Get involved and Get Caffeinated! We welcome your ideas. Please e-mail your comments for our July newsletter to your host, Jennifer Zide, at Jenzee3@hotmail.com.
The Hot Cup: Prez Campaigns Local
Lattes of Events and Info for Edwards, Clinton,
and Obama: Pick Up Some Info. With your Coffee
John Edwards One Corps Groups Now Brewing
For more info, visit www.onecorps.com
Chapters to join in L.A., the Valley, Thousand Oaks, Ventura Co. West, Ventura City, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties
The Ventura Co. Chapter already has 44 members!
• Ventura Co. Chapter: Dedicated to lending our assistance to Sen. Edwards and the One America Committee in the ongoing effort to fight poverty, elect Democrats, and restore America’s preeminence as an example of justice and opportunity for all people.
Sen. Hillary Clinton Stirs Up L.A. Campaign Office
Sen. Clinton is currently setting up the political wing of her
L.A. Office. For more info on Sen. Clinton and ways you can
get involved with her campaign, visit HillaryClinton.com,
phone (310) 785-9029, or e-mail swolf@hillaryclinton.com
Sen. Barack Obama’s Campaign is Percolating!
Walks for Change and Upcoming Meetings
June Walks for Change are occurring throughout So.Cal
Go to BarackObama.com for more info and to RSVP
• Ventura Walk for Change Hosted by Colleen Chapman this Sat, June 9th: Meet at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, corner of Telephone and Main St.
in Ventura at 10 a.m. Join your neighbors for
a walk about Ventura from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Talk to your fellow townspeople about making
a change by taking a stand in this election.
Young Progressive Democrats Will Be There!
• Ventura Walk for Change Hosted by Robyn
Miller This Sat., June 9th from 12 noon to 1 p.m.:
Meet at Ventura Pier
• Tabling At Channel Islands Farmers Market on Sundays and this Sat, June 9th, to coincide with
Walk for Change. Hosted by Greater Oxnard
Organization of Democrats (the GOOD Club)
Passing out Prez campaign info, registering voters,
and recruiting members
• Santa Barbara June Meetup
Hosted by Susan Epstein: Thurs. June 7th
From 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at Democratic
Headquarters, 402 E. Gutierrez, S.B.
Contact: bluesmom@cox.net
Voter and Member Outreach
• July 4th Downtown Ventura Street Fair and Ventura County Fair in early August!
E-mail me if interested.
• Possible sharing of GOOD Club Farmers Market Table on Sundays to do voter outreach and build Coffeecrat Awareness. Please let me know if you’d like to help with this.
• Possible Tabling for Coffeecrats at Weekend Downtown Ventura Farmers Market and Arts and Crafts Fair on the Boardwalk at the end of California by Surfer’s Pt.
• Possible Tabling for Coffeecrats at PoochParade Festival at State Beach Park On July 22nd. We could have a drawing for dog toys and treats paired with coffee gift cards for pet parents. What do you think? If you vote yes or would like to volunteer to help with tabling, drop me a line.
Neighbor to Neighbor Meet and Greets
• Meet your neighbors, new and not so new,
by knocking on their doors, saying “hi there,� passing out voter registration materials, and trying to turn them away from “the Dark Side� (i.e. Republicanism) before it is too late, or at least before the 2008 Election.
• Coffeecrats may also brew up some
Neighborhood Voter Outreach Breakfasts
Where we could meet for breakfast, go forth with our Coffees, Voter Regis. and Dem. Party Info, and Caffeinate the world, or at least our little part of it. Please let me know if this interests you.
Summer Take Your Dog Out To Coffee Event
At the Beach
O.K., so not all dogs drink it, but that doesn’t mean they should be left out. And neither should cats, guinea pigs or other assorted animal friends as we are an inclusive party. (No elephants please.) Enjoy a weekend morning gathering
With other Coffeecrats, our coffee, and our
Best friends at the Ventura Beach at the
End of Seaward. Doggie treatbags to be
Given to all canine attendees. Please give me your feedback on this and whether you want to go.
Top Ten Coffeecrat Summer Reads
1. Hardball by Chris Matthews
2. Bushworld: A Collection of Columns
By Maureen Dowd
3. State of Denial by Bob Woodward
4. What’s the Matter With Kansas:
How Conservatives Won the Heart
Of America by Thomas Frank
5. The Audacity of Hope
by Barack Obama
6. My Life by Bill Clinton
7. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
8. No Ordinary Time by Pulitzer Prize
Winning historian Dorris Kearns Goodwin
9. An Hour Before Daylight
by Jimmy Carter
10. Living History by Hillary Clinton
Plus an extra shot:
11. Four Trials by John Edwards
FUTURE SPEAKERS
In the future, we look forward to welcoming speakers from the Hillary Clinton campaign in L.A., reps from the local Barack Obama campaigns, reps from Vote Blue Coalition Ventura, and reps from local John Edwards OneCorps. The GOOD Club of Oxnard has also graciously offered its speaker, radio host and
political commentator Shawn Casey O’Brien from NPR, to speak on “California and National Politics: My View of the Present Situation.� Many thanks to GOOD Club VP Joe O’Neill! For more info on the GOOD CLUB,
please e-mail Joe at oxatty@earthlink.net
Do you have other ideas for who you’d like to hear? Please let us know!
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DAILY SPECIAL
Bring a friend to our Mon. July 2nd Meeting and receive free cappuccino, mocha, or latte to celebrate our Independence Day! Remember, the revolutionaries drank coffee, not tea.
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Ventura County Coffeecrats: Saving the World,
One Cup of Coffee at a Time
Democrats should team up with Whole Foods for "Food for Thought" or something like that. Food tasting and whatever for $15.00 or a price that makes sense. Their suppliers could benefit greatly from this event. Democrats are health conscious.
To avoid conflict of interest all the political parties could have a day for them.
Yeah, Brian...feel free to nab a picture from the myspace page.
I'm interesting in learning more about this Whole Foods thing... ... ... ...thanks for the tip Mainstream Voters!
Run with it babe.
How does someone become the Young Democrats friend on myspace.com?
Do you out flyers up about it at local colleges?
Do you have a myspace page?
You just click on "Add to friends" and Reggie will send you a thanks for the add comment!
We are trying to flyer at local colleges...but we are just getting off our feet in terms of school outreach.
If someone donated:
A. $100
B. $500
C. $1000
to your club what would you do with the funding?
Thank you to everyone who turned out for last nite's Coffee Kick-Off! It was great to meet all of you and see friends too ;-) I think this is going to be a really cool way for coffee drinking young dems to enjoy a frothy mix of friendship, fun, and politics! It is also a great chance to get info on upcoming YPD activities and all the exciting political stuff that will be going on in the lead up to the 2008 Prez election!
I look forward to meeting all of you out in the community as we get out there to spread the word about YPD, Coffeecrats, and all our other activities. Most of all, I hope Coffeecrats will be a place to build friendships, as well as our membership base. Please contact me at www.myspace.com/jenzide for any questions or info on Coffeecrats or to request a copy of our newsletter. Please join us for our next meeting Mon. June 18th at Palermo Coffee, downtown Ventura, from 6 - 7 p.m.
Wishing you a very caffeinated day, Jennifer Zide, Host, YPD Coffeecrats Coffee Group
"Saving the World, One Cup of Coffee at a Time"
Heather did you call Whole Foods?
The good news is Caffeine enhances the anticancer effect of tea polyphenols.
The bad news:
Caffeine overstimulates the adrenal glands. When introduced with other stressors and generally poor diet, the adrenals can enter into a state of emergancy. They become depleted of important vitamins such as B-complex and vitamin C.
A significant cause of general fatigue is caffeine withdrawal. Since Millions of Americans have a caffeine addiction, caffeine- related fatigue is a common problem. When a person accustomed to large quantities of caffeine suddenly limits his or her intake, the result will be fatigue, probably accompanied by a headache. Eliminating dependence upon coffee and other caffeinated products is crucial to maintaining health and avoiding debilitating bouts with fatigue.
Mainstream voter, exactly why I get smoothies, although they are filled with sugar.
Young Democrat...use your real name!
In answer to your question:
$100, $500, $1000 in donations: I promise you that the first and foremost of importance when we get a donation like that is to get another person or organization to match it. We have so-far been successful, although most of our donations have come in $20 increments.
$100, $500, and even $1000 does not do much; however, generally what our executive board would decide to do is split it into three parts. Part one would be added into whatever budget fund we have for outreach to the community and new young members. This would be used to have some sort of an outreach drive, specifically geared towards young and student members. The second part would no doubt go into a social justice aspect of our budget fund, in which we would use it to purchase SWAG from a good cause (such as when we purchased Save Darfur wristbands) or to be used in facilitating a club project such as a beach clean up, a canned food drive, etc. The other third would go into reserve for future expenses of the club, for instance rent for our meeting room, dues for the organizations we are chartered with, cost of website or email server, etc.
The most important thing to note here, though, is that if someone is going to donate an amount of $100 or more, we want to make sure that the funds are going to go to what they expect it to go to. If someone wants to donate to help with voter registration efforts, we are going to make sure that a majority of that money goes to helping fund a voter registration drive or supplies for voter registration tabling.
If you have any other questions, please contact me or blog again!
Heather is doing a great job in an area that can only serve to help Ventura County. You have the spirit, kid. Don't lose it.
PS: How about a fund raiser called "beach blanket bingo"? Perhaps it is outdated. Hang 10!
Why don't you get a celebrity to show up to one of these things? Believe it or not many intelligent people in show business don't like Republicans.
Maybe you should get DOE to help out beyond adding ideas. What do you think DOE?
You in?
I have my plate full getting Barbara Streisand to play a Democratic fund raiser at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. It's going to be like butter. Expensive butter.
I might be able to help in September.